Two men have been executed in Riyadh for kidnapping and rape in Riyadh on Friday, the Saudi Ministry of Interior said in a statement. Abdurrahman Bin Saeed Bin Ramadan Al-Zahrani and Abdurrahman Bin Qasim Bin Hussain Al-Fifi, both saudi nationals, were beheaded. Zahrani had been convicted of kidnapping a 20-year-old girl and raping her. Fifi was convicted of being an accomplice to the double crime. Taking advantage of being military men, the two had pulled over an expatriate motorist who was with his daughter. The first took the girl away and raped her, while the second held the expatriate. The two criminals made advantage of their positions as soldiers with the Ministry of Defense and Aviation, using their military status to stop the expatriate's car in a desert area and kidnapping and raping the girl. The two were arrested and sentenced to death. They were executed in Riyadh after having been convicted by the court for their crimes, said the statement. The Cassation Court and the Supreme Judicial Council, as well as Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz, approved the court's verdicts. The statement confirmed the determination of the Saudi government on ensuring law and order and severely punishing the criminals. __
